Out of Africa

The famous Danish writer Karen Blixen lived in Africa for over a decade. It is this important period of her life the film describes, but most of all it is a love story. Karen Blixen was married to a Swedish baron, but the marriage was a failure regarding love. Instead she fell in love with Hatton, an English hunter, who is played by Robert Redford with a conspicuous American accent.
   Apart from Redford's wrong accent Out of Africa is an engrossing drama and at the end of the film also a rather effective tear-jerker, particularly with John Barry's music and David Watkin's grandiose cinematography. Both won Oscars. So did the film and its director.

Directed by:

Sydney Pollack

Written by:
Kurt Luedtke from the novels "Den afrikanske farm", "Skygger på græsset" and "Breve fra Afrika" by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), "Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller" by Judith Thurman and "Silence Will Speak" by Errol Trzebinski.

Cast:

Meryl Streep	Karen Blixen-Finecke
Robert Redford	Denys Finch Hatton
Klaus Maria Brandauer	baron Bror Blixen-Finecke
Michael Kitchen	Berkeley Cole
Michael Gough	Delamere
Rachel Kempson	Lady Belfield
Graham Crowden	Lord Belfield
Leslie Phillips	Sir Joseph
Iman	Mariammo